Method of making dolls



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F. M. SCOTT &.A. P. SEYMOUR.

METHOD OF MAKING DOLLS.

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FRANK M. SCOTT AND ABNER F. SEYMOUR, OF BROOKLYN,,NEW YORK.

.METHOD OF MAKING DOLLS SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 508,770, dated November 14, 1893.

- Application fi1edFeb1-uaryl5, 1893- Serial No. 462,376. (No specimens.)

To a whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANK M. SCOTT and ABNER F. SEYMOUR, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Method of Mak-' dolls head and bust.

The object of our invention is to produce an lmproved method by which the dolls may be very rapidly and cheaply made, and also to improve the method so that a very nice article may be produced.

A further object of our invention is to pro vide a method which will enable the dolls to be successfully and cheaply made from celluloid and any other pliable material which may be molded into a desired shape and which may be made to retain such shape.

To this end our invention consists in a method of making dolls, which will be hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part of this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the bust of a doll formed by our improved method.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same with the two parts, composing the bust, slightly separated. Fig. 3 is a central vertical longitudinal section of the molds used in forming the front of the bust, the molds being shown with material between them to form the bust. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the molds used in form ing the back of the bust; and Fig. 5 is a perspective View of one of the molds.

In carrying out our method, the bust is ,Il'lOldGd in two sections, one constituting the front and the other the back of the bust, and these two sectionsare used edge to edge and held together by suitable cement. In Figs. 1 and 2, 10 represents the front portion of the bust and 11 the rear portion, and the two portions or sections are molded so that their meeting edges will be curved at a point opposite the car, as shown at 12, and at a point below the ear,as shown at 13, these curves form a vertical line, enabling the two sections to be firmly united, and the interlocking parts take up a portion of the strain and make the cement less liable to fracture. It will be understood, however, that the curves maybe formed in different parts of the said sections, or may be dispensed with without departing from the principle of our invention.

In forming the front of the bust a die 14: is used which has a flat bottom and which has around the side a shoulder 15 against which the edge of the opposite die or mold abuts, as described presently. The face of the die 14: is made convex, the part 16 being made of the shape corresponding to the face of the doll, the part 17 corresponding with the neck and the part 18 to the bust. A second die or mold 19, is shaped in an exactly reverse manner to the face of the die 14, the mold 19 having a concave face which fits perfectly over every part of the face of thedie 14:. Consequently when a suitable mixture of any suitable material is placed between the two'dies and pressure is applied to them, the said material is given the shape of the die 14 and after being molded, corresponds in shape to the front half of the dolls bust.

It will be understood that the die and mold may be shaped so as to give any desired configuration to the bust. The back of the bust is formed in the same manner, a die 14 being used and a mold 19 these being exactly similar to the die and mold 14 and 19 except that the opposite faces of the die and mold l4 and 19 are smooth so'as togive the proper shape to the back of the head, neck, and

shoulders. The top surfaces of the molds are perfectly flat, as shown at 20, so that pressure may be conveniently applied to them, but the molds may be of any exterior shape desired and pressure may be applied to them in any suitable way.

-In forming the doll, the front of the bust is molded between the die 14 and mold 19, the back of the bust is molded between the die 14 and mold 19, and the two sections of the bust are then cemented together. It will be noticed by reference to Fig. 5 that the molds and dies are curved, as shown at 12 and 13, to produce the necessary curves in the sections of the bust.

It will be understood from the above description that any material may be used which is capable of being molded into shape and retaining its shape, and in consequence a great variety of dolls may be made in this way and they may be very simply and rapidly made.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- The herein described method of forming dolls, which consists in molding the busts in two parts or sections between concave and convex dies or molds, the sections being adapted to form the front and back of a bust, providing the meeting edges with curved or interlocking portions, and then fastening the said sect-ions together with their meeting edges abutting against each other, free from overlapping engagement, substantially as shown and described.

FRANK M. SCOTT. ABNER F. SEYMOUR.

Witnesses:

P. H. FAIRCHILD, J. O. MACKINNEY. 

